Murder suspects make first appearance

Published: Friday, October 26, 2012 at 06:22 PM.

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GRAHAM – Two
Durham
men charged with killing a
Burlington
man were transferred to
Alamance
County
and made first court appearances Friday afternoon.

Marcus Spence, 22, and Brandon Malone, 22, both of
Buxton Street
in
Durham
have been charged with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. The charges stem from Tuesday’s shooting death of Anthony Kevette Jones, 22, of
709
Avon
St
.

Spence and Malone appeared Friday before Chief District Court Judge Jim Roberson. The pair’s probable cause hearing was set for Nov. 19. They were denied bond.

Arrest warrants for the pair offer little details of the killing, stating only the two “unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did of
mali
ce and forethought kill and murder” Jones. The shooting was done with a handgun.

Lt. Brian Long of the Burlington Police Department said the two were taken into custody in
Durham
on Thursday without incident with the aid of
Durham
police. They arrived at the
Alamance
County
jail at about 2 p.m. Friday. Shortly thereafter they were escorted by deputies into a courtroom.

The shooting took place about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday on the front porch of Jones’ house. Jones was pronounced dead soon after at
Alamance
Regional
Medical
Center
. Wounded in the leg in the incident was Micah White. He was treated and released at UNC Hospitals in
Chapel Hill
.

GRAHAM – Two Durham men charged with killing a Burlington man were transferred to AlamanceCounty and made first court appearances Friday afternoon.

Marcus Spence, 22, and Brandon Malone, 22, both of Buxton Street in Durham have been charged with first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury. The charges stem from Tuesday’s shooting death of Anthony Kevette Jones, 22, of 709 Avon St.

Spence and Malone appeared Friday before Chief District Court Judge Jim Roberson. The pair’s probable cause hearing was set for Nov. 19. They were denied bond.

Arrest warrants for the pair offer little details of the killing, stating only the two “unlawfully, willfully and feloniously did of malice and forethought kill and murder” Jones. The shooting was done with a handgun.

Lt. Brian Long of the Burlington Police Department said the two were taken into custody in Durham on Thursday without incident with the aid of Durham police. They arrived at the AlamanceCounty jail at about 2 p.m. Friday. Shortly thereafter they were escorted by deputies into a courtroom.

The shooting took place about 6:10 p.m. Tuesday on the front porch of Jones’ house. Jones was pronounced dead soon after at AlamanceRegionalMedicalCenter. Wounded in the leg in the incident was Micah White. He was treated and released at UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill.